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Articles from the January 21, 2014 edition


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  • Two Havre men accused of meth offenses

    Tim Leeds|Updated Jan 22, 2014

    Correction: The print version of this story misreported charges were filed against Cory Habeger. Charges had not been filed as of 8 a.m. Jan. 22. The corrected version is below: A Havre man faces felony charges, and charges are pending against another, stemming from allegations they were using or selling drugs in Havre. The Hill County Attorney made a motion to file charges after an officer responded to a call about a third man “freaking out,” after allegedly consuming drugs with the two men. Wesley J. Hansen, born in 198...

  • Bohlinger may end campaign if Walsh appointed

    Updated Jan 21, 2014

    MISSOULA (AP) - Former Lt. Gov. John Bohlinger says he may end his campaign for the Democratic nomination for U.S. Senate if current Lt. Gov. John Walsh is appointed to serve the rest of Max Baucus' term. If Baucus resigns from the Senate to become the next U.S. ambassador to China, it will be up to Gov. Steve Bullock to pick an interim replacement until January 2015. Walsh has asked Bullock to appoint him, but the Democratic governor has kept quiet on a possible selection....

  • Lafromboise pleads guilty to assaulting infant, murder charge to be dropped

    Tim Leeds|Updated Jan 21, 2014
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    A Rock Boy man pleaded guilty this morning to assaulting an 11-month old child on Rocky Boy’s Indian Reservation Oct. 21, in a deal that includes dropping a murder charge stemming from the infant’s death. Garrett “Kirby” Lafromboise, 21, pleaded guilty to sticking his fingers down the baby’s throat when he would not stop crying, and hitting the infant in abdomen. Lafromboise and Cecilia Rose Gardipee were indicted Dec. 5 on charges of second degree murder or aiding and abetting in murder and assault resulting in bodily in...

  • Hi-Line Athletes of the Week

    Updated Jan 21, 2014

    Dane Warp, Havre High Basketball To say Havre High sophomore Dane Warp has been on fire so far this basketball season would be putting it mildly. And Warp’s hot play continued over two more games this weekend. Friday night, Warp put up 30 points and grabbed nine rebounds, as HHS beat Central A rival Browning 76-50 in Havre. Warp followed that up with 28 points in Saturday’s loss to Rocky Boy. Warp nailed five 3-pointers against the Stars and had three against Browning. At the...

  • Hi-Line Boys Basketball Roundup

    Daniel Horton|Updated Jan 21, 2014

    With a lot of teams reaching the midway point in the season, wins are growing more and more crucial, and for some Hi-Line boys’ teams, they are still hard to come by, especially in district play. Last Thursday the Hays-Lodge Pole Thunderbirds defeated the Turner Tornadoes 82-48 in Turner. The 9C matchup was lopsided and led by HLP’s Tyson Shambo’s 19 pionts. But Nate Doney and Sterling White Cow also scored 16 points each for the Thunderbirds, while Turner got 17 from Bret...

  • For the Record, January 21, 2014

    Updated Jan 21, 2014

    Havre Police Department Officers investigated a 1:20 p.m. Monday call from 6th Avenue about a hole in a window that looked like a pellet gun bullet hole. ——— Joshua Keith Thayer, 22, of Havre was issued a summons for a charge of making false reports to law enforcement after officers responded to an 11:21 p.m. Monday call from 11th Street about the calling party’s ex-girlfriend trying to assault him. Hill County Sheriff’s Office Deputies escorted Olin Mark Henderson, 50, of Havre from the Rocky Boy Police Station to the Hill...

  • Kavulla seeks second PSC term

    John Kelleher|Updated Jan 21, 2014

    Montana Public Service Commissioner Travis Kavulla said this morning he has filed for re-election. Kavulla, a Republican from Great Falls, represents PSC District 1, a sprawling district that includes Great Falls and central Montana as well as much of the Hi-Line. “The PSC deals with billion-dollar decisions that impact Montanans not just now, but for generations to come. It is important that voters have someone on the PSC who is a hard worker, who does his research and asks the tough questions.” Kavulla said. “The PSC shoul...

  • Remus wins Dr. Jim Elliott award

    John Paul Schmidt|Updated Jan 21, 2014
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    Barry Remus was chosen to receive the Dr. Jim Elliott Memorial Award for his volunteerism and dedication to Havre High School. Remus was nominated for his work with the concessions stands at high school sporting events. He organized and ran the concessions stands for many years at basketball, football and baseball games and was previously the president of the Blue Pony Booster Club while his children were in high school. Remus said he started running the concessions stands bec...

  • Attempted rape charged after phone argument

    Tim Leeds|Updated Jan 21, 2014

    A Havre man has been accused of attempting to rape a woman after an argument over a cellphone. Matthew C. Chapman, born in 1990, is scheduled for his first court appearance Wednesday on a felony charge of attempted sexual intercourse without consent. According to a charging document, Havre police officers responded to a call the evening of Jan. 12 from a Havre apartment complex reporting a disturbance, in which the dispatcher said a woman could be heard screaming in the background. Officers who knocked on the door of the apar...

  • Hi-Line Girls Basketball Roundup

    George Ferguson|Updated Jan 21, 2014

    It was another action-packed week of girls high school basketball on the Hi-Line. And while the busy week got started last Tuesday, the big game was played Saturday night. The undefeated and seventh-ranked Chester/J-I Hawks and unbeaten and ninth-ranked Chinook Sugarbeeters went head-to-head Saturday night in a non-conference rivalry game. And while the Hawks may have been the home team, it mattered none to the Beeters, who ran away with the game, 59-40. Chinook used a big...

  • Harlem, Chinook look strong in Choteau

    George Ferguson|Updated Jan 21, 2014

    The Harlem wrestling team has been powerful all season long. But the Wildcats keep learning that it’s going to be very tough to unseat the Choteau Bulldogs at next month’s Class B-C state tournament in Billings. This past weekend, Harlem crowned three individual champions at the Choteau Classic, but the Wildcats still finished well behind the Bulldogs. Choteau won its own tournament with 215 points. Huntley Project was a distant second and Fairfield was third. Harlem fin...